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    The aim of this essay is to discuss the development of human rights legislation and whether the Human Rights Act has helped to protect the rights of British citizens. The general aim of this essay is to; 1) To follow the development of human rights legislation‚ from the end of World War 2‚ to the present day. 2) And how the Human Rights Act 1998‚ has affected the lives of British Citizens‚ for example recently a law allowing terror suspects to be detained for up to 90 days without charge‚ but

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    Human rights has always‚ and will always‚ be a difficult concept because of all the variables that come into play with the concept. Human rights‚ in regard to international relations‚ is even more complicated; especially when one considers a flat declaration of human rights. There are so many concepts that effect human rights‚ such as culture‚ and these variables can affect the formation and stability of human rights. This subject‚ of course‚ has multiple players in it and is affected by many

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    The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a document that was written by the United Nations in 1948 spelling out the rights that each human should be entitled to. The declaration initially describes general human rights in the preamble then describes in each specific right in thirty additional articles. After reading the universal declaration‚ I found that the central points are described in the preamble and throughout the various articles. The declaration addresses points such as the right

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    the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was created. The final obstacle for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was approval from the United Nation General assembly. In order for the document to be approved it required two-thirds of the vote. On December 10‚ 1948‚ the document was adopted.1 The United Nation has not been successful at enforcing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights because the underlying values in the document are not actually universal. Different states have different

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    the positives and negatives regarding the concept of cultural relativism‚ but his overall position is that cultural relativism is not a strong philosophy. On the flip side of that Immanuel Kant has a completely different ethical theory that is based around deontology. Despite its positives cultural relativism cannot be defended against Rachel’s criticism‚ but Kant’s ethical theory cannot necessarily defeat cultural relativism. Cultural Relativism is the idea that moral practices and social norms change

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    Is cultural relativism good for our society? Cultural relativism is a belief where there are no absolute moral views or beliefs can be apply to all cultures‚ which makes “right” and “wrong” different in every society; what is considered “right” in one society may be considered “wrong” in another. Since no universal standard of morality exists‚ no one has the right to judge another society’s customs. If this belief is held true‚ then every culture will have their own set of “rules” to live by

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    In The Universal Declaration of Human Rights‚ article 30 states that we are free from state and personal interference from all our rights and freedoms given. The majority of states in this world all have these 30 rights. With these rights and freedoms‚ everybody gets to live their lives freely. But somehow‚ there are still a couple of states that don’t have these 30 rights and freedoms. This declaration is basically nonexistent. There are still places where slavery is enabled. Life may seem so amazing

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    Universal Moral Wrongs and Relativism Lori-Ann Racki SOC120- Intro to Ethics and Social Responsibility Dr. Megan Reid November 12‚ 2012 Universal Moral Wrongs and Relativism In the article “Some Moral Minima”‚ Lenn Goodman argues that there are certain moral wrongs that are universal. He describes four areas he believes are areas of universal moral wrongs in detail. Morality has been an issue that many societies all over the world have

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    What is cultural relativism‚ and how does the vision of ethics associated with it diverge from the traditional ethical theories? Cultural relativism is attempting to understanding and respects another culture’s beliefs and morals according to their culture and not our own. Right and wrong from one culture may not be the same in another culture. Something considered moral and right in one culture may be rude or completely immoral to another culture‚ cultural relativism says that morals are specific

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    institutions. * Cultural universals = common to all cultures. * Material and Non‐Material Culture * Material culture refers to the physical objects‚ resources‚ and spaces that people use to define their culture. These include homes‚ neighborhoods‚ cities‚ schools‚ churches‚ synagogues‚ temples‚ mosques‚ offices‚ factories‚ etc.. * Material culture helps to define its members’ behaviors and perceptions. * Non-material culture refers to the nonphysical ideas that people have about their

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